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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

A New PaYsIcIAN-Dr. VIM. A. Chap.
maa, a recent g.adute of the University of
MARYLAND, and q native of Alexandria, Va,
has recently come to Atlanta to settle down
il the practice OF mis- profession. DIR. Chap
msn is son Of Col. W. II. Chapman, u. s.
Revenue AGENT fer this Federal District,
who is wellknown and highly esteemed in
Atlantis Dr.. Chapman comes with the bcst
of credentials, snd The Capitol predicts for
him cordial reception and a brilliant sue
cess in his professional work.-Atlanta Cap.
HOI.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

MOULD RATHER Vorn THAN WoRK.-Is
Is learned that number of colo.eG men Of
this city who had engaged 10 90 to South
Carolina with Messrs. Breen & Veeley to
work on a railroad, on which these gentle
men have contract, have refused to 90,
having been told that they were only being
@ken out OF the city to prevent their voting
q. the approaching election. Itappears that
Inc average colored mans credulity can be
Played upon as well now as it ever could be.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

A prominent business man of Norfolk says
that the foreign shipping from that pert dur
ing the month Of August was exceptionally
good
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

BIG CoNsIGNMENT.-The schoone, Brave
arrived here this morning from Vienna, Md,
with q cargo Of $4,000 cans of tomatoes and
corn for Messrs. Charles King & Son, which
enterprising firm is extending its large
business in every direction.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

LEG HURT.-Mr. William H. Whoatley'
while engaged in unloading lumber from a
car or Union street this morning. had his
right leg mashed and seriously Injured by 3
portion of the contents Of the car falling on
him. He was conveyed to his residence,
corner Of Fairfax and Wilkes streets, and
medical assistance summoned. 1t was
found, however that no bones were broker,
though his leg was considerably mashed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

And up TO The hnest.
included in this sale were $50 Lace Bed Sets,
which we sill sell at the same rates.
these are all new goods, and consequently new
patterns. You may never be able to have such
an opportunity again. Buy whether you need
them or not. Cheap enough to save until needed.
LANSBURGH e BRO,
400, 400, 424 ard 426 Seventh st
Washington, D. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

PERsoNAL-Mrs. J. r. Smoot has been
called to Albemarle county by the illness Of
her sister, Miss Whitehead, who was last
week stricken with paralysis.
Mr. George Washington, who was recent
ly Injured in railroad collision, is slowly
but steadily improving.
Mrs. Geo. w. May has returned from
visit to her mother in Amherst.
Mr.. Willie Steucrnagel in stepping from tho
pavement to buggy on Sunday evening last fell
rndcr the wheels OF the vehicle and striking his
right arm against the curb, broke the bone in
three places he was attended by DR.. Klipstein
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

Gov. Lee and his s;ah' have returned to
Richmond from Philadelphia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

Use the great specific for "cold in head"
and catarrh-Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

FooT ADMINISTRATIONS Wood, a
young man from Burkes Station, and an
employee at one of the brick yards near this
city, while crossing the tracks in the yard
at the Midland depot about 8 so o'clock last
night, had one of his feet badly mashed by
the wheels of sleeping car which ran over
him as it was being backed. He was taken
TO the InGrmary where this morning the
mashed foot had to be amputated. The
operation was performed by Drs Powell,
Ashby, O'Brien I'D Fairfax.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

CORPORATION CoURT-Judgc ~ 3. Meade
presiding -Sylvanus Lambdin vs. Sarah ].
Lambdn suit for divorce; order directing
plainiilf to pay cost of conducting the de-
fense, and cause continued.
Com VS. Jno. Curran, indictment for the
murder Of @ fficer Arnold motion for change
of venue; motion overruIed and case con-
tipuei; exceptions noted.
CGu.; adjourned till court in course.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. 20. 1887.
Tho following appointments arc authorized.
Democratic papers please copy:
HON. CHAS. Z. STUART.
Northampton, Monday, Oct. TO-
Local-same week.
The correction of COL Bcirne's appointment,
made yesterday, was a mistake. The announce.
mcnt as originally Northampton, Monday,
Oct. 10,'-was correct.
JOHN s. BARBOUR, Chairman.
W. W. SCOTT, Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

t.fEsgAL OrgaEs L Is nHa.r~:1cd 'ii''
tar Al,xaadria Real i-iai i,, i@yta5a s ;
,r,a-j aod Tale Company VIII oilsr 10 give
enc : eel Tubular Car Co;nurny suitable
s;t, il they will locate their works hsFe.
= hose charter vas fled in the G'eik's oilico
# the Corporation Court Of this city last
eek. The incorpo.ators are uo~ :co.iag
around for place to establish ;asf : solSs .
and the adVaniaees oS alexandra Us sacn !.
location will be fully set forth by the officers
of the company making the liberal offer.
Mr.. Frank Hume has written Bishop J.:
J. Keane, of Virginia, Offering 10 donate %
acres Of land, situated on Arlington Heights,
for ti4c purpose of locating the Cathoiic Uni
ysrsty. This situation is about three
iourths of mile rom Arlington and COM
mands cue of the fines: views in this conn-
~. overlooking The city of Washington,
The choice Of location Mr. Hume leaves TO
the trustees. This is the most convenient
oc'a.ion it is possible to select, being near tho
railrJad ana only ten iniuutes ride from the
centre Of Pennsylvania avenue.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20
LOCAL NEWS

For this district warner, fair weather hgaS 70
fresh variable winds, generally casrcriy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

COUNTY ITEMS. Most ofthe former tesch-
ers have been retained in the public schools
which opened yesterday. >,
The grand jury Of he county will meet at
the next tern ol the county court, 10 be
held on Monday next, the 9th instant.
The county treasurer will commence on
next court day (the 9th inst. st the county
court house to sell ull the different tracts Of
nnd delinquent for the nou.payment of
State aud county taxes. There are many
tracts near the new free bridge, and the pro
posed Memorial bridge. and along the line
Of the proposed Nj. Vernon avenue, that
,ri!l he sold for bsci taxes unless the taxes
on aan.c are sooner selled. The sale will
commence a; - O'clock aud continue until
al upon the ;reasurer's books have been
.%id. Il Is understood that q number OF
o., ,tIaron from Washiuston will attend The
sale with view OF buying The best portion
oi these lands.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

STEAMBOAT NoTgs.--The steamer Jane
MOseIy has been put ou the Norfolk route
again, and till further notice will make two
trips week to that city, leaving here every
tuesday and Thursday evenings. By this
arrangement the Inland company will have
boat Tor Norfolk every day OF the we: K
except on Friday.
Tue Saturday trips ofthe steamer George
leary havo besn changed to Fridays, aud
hereafter thst steamer vii! leave here fer
Norfolk every Monday, Wednesday ard
Friday evenings.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20
Luec Curtains for Fifty Cents or the
Dollar.

an Assignee's Sale Of Lace Curtains.
We bought from the auction rooms of Chapman,
Field & Fenncr the Lace Curtain stock of c. M.
Foster {; Co., who met with a business disaster
last week. Through this fortunate purchase of
ours We were enabled to buy Lace Curtains at half
their regular price.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

For ALLENTowN.-The Columbia S. F. f.
C1. held meeting last night and perfected
their arrangements for attending the fire.
mems celebration at Allentown, Pa. About
sixty members will attend in uniform and
will leave here tomorrow night, accompa,
nied by Donch's band. of Washington. They
will also carry one OF their hose carriages
win them. They will have special car
ior themselves On the Pennsylvania railroad
and the cost of the round trip ticket will he
1855 The company will meet al the engine
house tomorrow evening aod march from
there to the depot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

Police REroRT.-Last night was clear
snd mild, with two prisoners and one lodger
Al the station house.
The Mayor this morning disposed of tho
following cases:
Albert Lyles, arrested by Officers Taylor
and Grady, charged with contempt of court,
was lined ST.
Samuel Elliott, arrested by Officers Grady
and Taylor, charged with indecent conduct,
was held for further trial.
James Henderson, arrested by Officer
Franks for al assault on Albert Lyles, was
discharged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-20

FAIrF4y COUNTY ITEMS.-Tnc SeP;em-
Der Term OF lhe County Court met yesterday
hut htto business OF public interes: WAS
transacted
Messrs. john Goode, u. +. Meredith and
" Moore addressed large crowd q
voters 1T the Court House yesterday and
made excellent speeches which we're well
received. The we'll informed democrats say
that Dr. Simpson, the democratic nominee
for the legislature, Will beat his opponent,
Mr.. Thorn, BIZ FROM two TO three hundred
votes.
Indictments were found yesterday By the
grand jury against several persons for sell
ling liquor 81 Falls Church.
Mr.. George Blncoe, deputy clerk OF the
court, was sent to jail yesterday for con
tempt of court in refusing to testify before
the grand jury in the case OF resident oil
Fairfax G. H., charged with selling liquor.
10. O. T. FAIR.-The members of Po!o
mac Lodge, No. IS, l. o. 0. T., have been ST
work for tho past two months making ar
engagements for Il ladies' fair 20 be held in
McRuJnay's Hail, commencing OF. 17ta,
aai % continue a0oat ten days. Tho pro
e--i5 is., for tho purpose of establishing a
'uat Tor improving their property on north
GO!umbus street.. This lodge is one Of the
Oldest and most worthy institutions of the
city. Any donation, large or small, will
contribute toward the success of the enter.
prise sud be most gratefully received and
acknowledged by the members of the or
der
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02
Charles Dickens Mother.

Charles Dickens inherited from his
mother a keen appreciation of the
droll and of the pathetic, as also con-
siderable dramatic talent. She is de-
scribed as little woman, who had been
very nice-looking in her youth, having
bright hazel eyes and being thor
oughly good-natured, companionable
body. She possessed an extraordinary
sense of the ludicrous and her power OF
imitation was something astonishing.
On entering room she almost uncon-
sciously took an inventory of its con-
tents, and if any thing happened to
strike her as out of place or ridiculous
she would afterwards describe it in the
quaintest possible manner. In like
manner she noted the personal pecu-
liarities of her friends and acquaint-
ances. -Rdrpers' Bazar.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02
THE cnlNEse coos.
Hundreds Of Idols to be Seen In tho Ten
Piles Of Canton.

Hundreds Of Idols to be Seen In tho Tenn
pies Of Canton.
In and near Canton are 1875 temples.
Every storekeeper has a picture of Con-
fucius or Of some other sage conspicu-
ously placed on the fear wall Of his
store. At these home affairs incense is
daily burned. The temples are usually
filthy. A crowd of fortune tellers,
gamblers. sellers of small wares and
beggars infest the popular places. One
of the temples has five hundred life
size genii, all in a sitting posture, and
each with different expression orwith
hands in a peculiar position. One wise
man had whiskers and decidedly
European east of countenance. Upon
asking what god he was Twas told that
it was Marco Polo.
II was my first interview with Mark,
and he seemed to be pleased ut meeting
me. Atleast a benign smile rested on
his wooden face. Patience has its re-
ward. Marco was accused of lying be-
cause he told of the customs of the
orient, but now he is enrolled among
the Buddhas and sits composedly
among those five hundred gilded idols.
The god who holds up the moon was
shown TO me. The left arm is much
larger than the other.
There is also a temple Tartar
temple, l think, devoted TO the five
genii who come to the city on rams,
bearing gifts OF grain to the city. The
rams were turned 10 stone and are
there to convince the obstinatc-tive
rough-looking stones, about as large as
a mans head, showing that the rams
were condensed when transformed.
There is also large bell here with
piece knocked out Of the bottom. II
was n tradition that whenever that bell
should sound calamity would fall upon
the city; aud when the English and
French besieged the city in 1867 one Of
their cannon-balls struck the bell.
broke of piece, and caused it to
sound.
In sight Of this temple is tower
built by the Mohammcdans in the
eleventh century. The next object OF
interest was the iowery pagoda, ten
stories high, about twenty feet in
diameter, and, with great amount Of
carving on it-Cor. San Francisco
Bulletin.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02

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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02
l3 PHYSICIANS
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.
The surmountIng Of Obstacles the surcst
Help to Progress

Help to Progress
II it be not true that all hindranccs
are helps, it can Mt least be said that
the surest helps TO progress are, as a
rule, in the form of hindrances. II a
man wants to attain to great height
in order to have an extended outlook,
as, for example, mt the top Of a lofty
tower, it is by series of hindrances
that he is helped upward. At the base
of the tower, as he enters it, he finds
the first step Of staircase standing
there as barrier to his progress 1t
is. to be sure, barrier only six or
eight inches high. but he can move
never pace onward or upward with
ont surrounding il. In order to pro-
coed he must lift his whole body above
that first barrier, or hindrance to
progress. And then another similar
barrier is before him. So. onward aud
upward, step by step, he is helped by
these hindrances, II the hindranccs
were not there. he could not rise above
his present plane; but by their aid, or
through the struggle of surmounting
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summit. and he has Def re him the
| otherwise understandable outstretch Of
view from horizon to horizon. And it
is the same in well nigh every line OF
human progress and attainment. Mus
cular power is secured by the taxing OF
the muscles, in the overcoming Of OBJ
stacles to their freest use. Mental
power comes through mental effort;
and if there were no difficulties in the
way of obtaining knowledge, the
knowledge gained would not be re-
tanned. Even the affections are helped
by the hindrances TO their exercise,
and the barriers that forbid the smooth
running of true love are themselves
aids to the fuller swelling of the flood
of love. No personal character ever
had great strength except through the
surmounting of great obstacles. No
nation ever came to greatness through
ease and luxury. And il this be the
law of progress. then there are no helps
to progress for which we ought to be
more grateful to God than the him
ORANGES to our progress which He per-
mits us to encounter--in order TO their
surmounting IS. S. Times.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02

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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02

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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02
In Search of Straight Goods.

Anybody pass here within an hourp"
asked Detroiter of Wayne County
farmer standing at his gate.
"Yes.'
MAN with a black horseP"
mo; man with white boss"
'sWasn,t a tin peddler, was hep
20, no. He was the editor Of an
agricultural paper"
'How do you know thatp"
because he come out on purpose to
ask me whether potato planting or corn
cutting come fust He's started new
paper and wants to gitthings reliable"
Detroit Free Press.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02
THE WEATHER cRuMBLER,

The discontented man.
He makes the angels weep
BE says the snow in Ian.
uary Is too deep.
he weaves . constant web
vi quelthi0us complaint,
ne says the winds OF Feb
RuAfy make him faint,
ne says the storms OF March
Are very hard to bear
That they would make an arch
bishop curse and swear.
Tnat April winds have Ten
Denclcs 70 colds and ouRh,
And groups and infiuen-
70 pick all the people on.
Tne tickle airs OF May
He calls a fearful boro,
On them he'll oft expa.
Tiate and grumble sore.
The ''perfect' days OF june
iheme OF the poets lays
He says no one but lun-
Atics would ever prniso.
Ho says that he Abun-
mates and hates July,
And August makes him COM
Pietelv resigned TO die.
lie ssys the fogs OF Sep
~ember are worse than death.
He'd rather suffer lep-
Rosy or want OF breath.
After the equinoc-
Tial storm has spent its force
The bcastly month OF Oc-
Tober begins its course.
And then the cold Novefn.
Der comes with icy breath,
Aud clustering Decem-
her makes him long for death.
He whimpers like babe,
And makes a constant din,
With him the angel Cab
kiel would get as mad as sin.
It'd Bii,.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02

Out of some 10000 species of birds
recognized by ornithologists, there Q
$50 species and sub-species which make
their home in North America. There
are also eighty-two others which find
their way to this continent as stragglers
from other countries. Boston Badoet.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02

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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02

have found that their sometimes excessive
duties produce n low, weak. tired and trom-
ulous state OF the system, and that iron re-
stores richness and color 20 tho blood, cali
saga bark q natural hcaithful tone TO the
digestive organs, and phosphorus mildly
stimulates the brain, all combined In DR..
Harter's Iron Tonic.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02

ANY person who takes the paper regularly nom the
ro1ioce, whether dlrcfedio his hame or whether hs
ha1ubsribsr q not, Il responsible for the pay.
The ecnrta have decided that refusing 20 lake new
rarefs and periodicals from the pc-loce, or remov
WfArd leaving them uncaed for, IA prnla 6aeia ev.
oence Of iHrnniIoHAl rRAuD.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-06-02

In an old valise belonging to o. o.
Putney, miner, who was killed by an
avalanche at Bay Horse, Idaho, were
found some faded love letters, few
bones and note saying; II wish these
bones buried with me. '--PhiiadelDhia
Press.